LAWYER PROFILE

Stefan Paulmayer

Global 2026

CMS

Ranked in 1 practice area

Banking & Finance

Austria

5 years ranked

About

Provided by CMS

Global

Practice Areas

Stefan Paulmayer is a partner of CMS and a member of the Banking & Finance team,. specialising in financing, asset-backed financing (securitisation), restructuring/insolvency law, derivative transactions and (banking) supervisory law.

He has advised on both large (real estate) financing and large (cross-border) restructuring transactions. Another focus of his previous work is the area of bank restructuring and settlement.

Most recently, he focused on the area of New Technologies such as SmartContracts and Blockchain where he is active as both legal advisor of FinTech companies as well as lecturer.

Professional Memberships

2012 - Bar exam

2007 - Mag. iur. (master’s in law), University of Vienna

Publications

Kirchmayr-Schliesselberger/Klas/Miernicki/Rinderle-Ma/Weilinger (Ed.), Cryptocurrencies, article "The classification of tokens under capital market law" (page 317 ff.).

Frick (Editor), The Financial Technology Law Review, Edition 1 (2018), Chapter “Austria”.

Zerey (Hrsg), Handbuch Finanzderivate [Financial derivatives handbook] (2nd to 4th edition, 2010 - 2016), § 37 (Selected questions on financial derivatives in Austria).

Der Standard 2017/47/01: A set of rules for coins and tokens. (https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000068097291/virtuelle-veranlagungsformen-ein-regelwerk-fuer-coins-und-tokens)

ZFR 2017/259: Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Initial Token Offerings (ITOs): An offer subject to the obligation to publish a prospectus according to CMM?

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Banking & Finance - Austria

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Stefan Paulmayer continues to impress with an excellent track record in real estate and project financing. He is active across a range of other banking and finance mandates, including syndicated and bridge facility agreements and regulatory advice. He further shows good ability in coordinating cross-border mandates.

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